18-letter words containing p, e, l, i, t

slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
solitary sandpiper — a North American sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, of inland wetlands, having a brownish-gray, white-spotted back and whitish underparts.
special assessment — a tax levied by a local government on private property to pay the cost of local public improvements, as sidewalk construction or sewage disposal, that are of general benefit to the property taxed.
special collection — a collection of materials segregated from a general library collection according to form, subject, age, condition, rarity, source, or value.
special prosecutor — (formerly) an independent counsel.
special relativity — the state or fact of being relative.
specialist teacher — a teacher with expertise in working with children with special educational needs, such as dyslexia
spectrocolorimetry — the quantitative measure of colors by spectrophotometry.
spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
spectroheliography — the process of obtaining an image of the sun in light of a particular wavelength, such as calcium or hydrogen, showing the distribution of the element over the surface and in the solar atmosphere, using a spectroheliograph
spectropolarimeter — an instrument for determining the extent to which plane-polarized light of various wavelengths is rotated by certain solutions, consisting of a combination of a spectroscope and a polarimeter.
spectropolariscope — an instrument combining the functions of a spectroscope with those of a polariscope.
spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
spherical triangle — a triangle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
spinal anaesthesia — anaesthesia of the lower half of the body produced by injecting an anaesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane surrounding the spinal cord
split-level cooker — a cooker that is designed with a separate oven and hob so that they can be fitted wherever is most convenient in the kitchen
status epilepticus — a condition in which repeated epileptic seizures occur without the patient gaining consciousness between them. If untreated for a prolonged period it can lead to long-term disability or death
stepping-off place — jumping-off place (def 2).
subatomic particle — physics:
super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
super middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 168 pounds (75.6 kg), between middleweight and light heavyweight.
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
talent competition — a contest in which people compete by showcasing their talents, for example in singing, dancing, acrobatics, etc
talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
telephone receiver — a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound.
telephone sex line — a telephone line operated by a phone-sex worker that offers phone sex to paying customers
television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
terrestrial planet — inner planet.
the bottomless pit — the underworld; hell
the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
the general public — the people in a society; people in general
the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
the practicalities — the real facts or details of a situation, as opposed to its theoretical aspects
the-cocktail-party — a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot.
to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
to play favourites — to display favouritism
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf
upper palaeolithic — the latest of the three periods of the Palaeolithic, beginning about 40 000 bc and ending, in Europe, about 12 000 bc: characterized by the emergence of modern man, Homo sapiens
upper partial tone — overtone (def 1).
venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
visible panty line — the line of someone's underwear which can be seen through trousers

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